Deaths & Obituaries

Frank Casimir Bettencourt: March 4, 1942 - January 26, 2023

Frank Casimir Bettencourt

Frank Casimir Bettencourt (80), of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, passed away on January 26th, 2023.

Jessie Rebecca Arthur DeFlorimonte: May 26, 1922 - January 11, 2023

Jessie Rebecca Arthur DeFlorimonte

Jessie Rebecca Arthur DeFlorimonte was born in Hopetown Berbice, Guyana, South America on May 26, 1922, the sixth of seven children to the parents of William Arthur and Jessie James Arthur.  She was the matriarch of the Arthur family and the last one of her siblings to transition.  Her formal education was acquired at Bedford Methodist Primary School.  At a very young age, Jessie

Patrick “Pato” Alphonso Gonsalves: December 25, 1948 - December 25, 2022

Patrick “Pato” Alphonso Gonsalves

Patrick Alphonso Gonsalves was a Guyanese recording artist who was born on December 25, 1948 and died on December 25, 2022. Patrick or Pato as he was fondly referred to, was the 6th of eleven children, born to the late Dolly and Francisco Gonsalves of Plantation Ross, on the West Coast of Berbice.

Kurt Andre Fraser: June 15, 1977 - December 23, 2022

Kurt Andre Fraser

Kurt Andre Fraser was born on Wednesday, June 15, 1977 in Anna Regina, Guyana to Fitz Herbert (Clyde) Fraser and Doris Monica Fraser (nee Philander). Kurt was the youngest of the Frasers’ biological children, and was viewed as one of the cutest babies, by one of his sisters.

Justine Andrea Lee Burnett: June 6, 1988 - November 26, 2022

Justine Andrea Lee Burnett, PhD

Justine Andrea Lee Burnett, PhD, 34, together with her unborn daughter, Maleah Julianne Burnett, entered eternity on Saturday, November 26, 2022, in Morgantown, West Virginia.  She was beloved by many, given her exceptional ability to connect with people. With her quintessential laugh and oftentimes mischievous facial expressions, no one could tell a story like Justine.

Ann Fung, Nee Bowen: April 8th 1941 - Nov 7, 2022

Ann Fung, Nee Bowen

Ann Fung, also known as granny, Annie, Aunty Annie or just Ann. Born and raised in Charlestown, Georgetown, Guyana on April 8th 1941 to parents Percis Helena and James Arthur St Clair Bowen.

Lorna Meigan Margaret Cromwell Chan: January 3, 1935 – June 14, 2022

Lorna Meigan Margaret Cromwell Chan

Lorna Meigan Chan born in Georgetown, Guyana on January 3, 1935, passed away in her sleep on June 14th, 2022, at eighty-seven years old. Lorna’s mother was Nellie Helens Young (1908 – 1935) and her father, Jabez Cromwell (1889 -1944).

Yvonne Baddeir: November 7, 1933 - May 13, 2022

Yvonne Baddeir

Yvonne Baddeir of Calgary, AB, Canada, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 13, 2022, at the age of 88 years.

Yvonne was born in Georgetown, Guyana, South America on November 7, 1933. She immigrated to Calgary, Alberta, in 1989.

Arnold Sigismund Godette: May 22, 1929 – May 24, 2021

Arnold Sigismund Godette

Arnold Sigismund Godette passed away on Monday, May 24, 2021 at home in Atlanta, GA, surrounded by his family two days after his 92nd birthday. Born on May 22, 1929, Arnold was a beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather and uncle. He was the eldest of 9 children born to Wilfred and Dorothy Godette. Born in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, Arnold was raised in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Gillian Patricia Rodrigues: May 8, 1958 - November 26 2021

Gillian Patricia Rodrigues

Obituary of Gillian Patricia Rodrigues

Gillian Patricia Rodrigues, born on May 6, 1958, in Georgetown Guyana, passed away peacefully in her sleep on November 26, 2021. She was the second child of Leila (Rodrigues) Henry and Sigismund Augustus Martindale. She emigrated to the United States in 1979.

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